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Senate Draft Bill Faces New Hurdle as Racial Ban Is Killed, 42-29 By John A. Giles A draft extension bill stripped ef a controversial segregation amendment faced new obstacles today as the Senate raced to com plete action on the measure be fore Saturday. However. Senator Russell, Dem ocrat, of Georgia, who sponsored the defeated segregation amend ment, had a modified version of thceame provision today. Under It all future enlistees and all yc hs who register for the draft fc a period of six months after p 3ge of the extension will be a d to express their preference of ?rving in segregated or mixed ur s. It would be effective only if the majority of those express ing preference in 36 of the 48 States favored it—the same num ber that can call a constitutional convention or ratify a constitu tional change. Another amendment, by Senator Watkins, Republican, of Utah, provided that no person should be inducted until Congress by con current resolution found that it was necessary to supplement en listments in the armed forces in order to maintain strengths and levels provided for in appropria tions. Amendment Beaten, 42-29. The Senate bill provides that the President order inductions when he deems them necessary, but the House bill would prohibit conscriptions until Congress de clared a national emergency. The original Russell amendment to allow servicemen to joint units of their own race if they so de sired was defeated last night by a vote of 42 to 29. Another hurdle came up in de bate yesterday when Minority Leader Wherry asked Senator Cain, Republican, of Washington, who was supporting the bill, why the Senate had not gone along with the House in extending the act until 1952 — a presidential election year. The Senate version extends the act for three yearsr The administration originally had asked for a three-year ex tension and Senator Cain, a member of the Armed Services Committee, referred to the group’s report that it had "received no evidence which would warrant any recommendation to the Sen ate that this three-year extension should be reduced to two years.” Lucas Pleads for Speed, j Majority Leader Lucas tried in ‘ vain late yesterday to get unani mous agreement for a final vote early today so that Selective Service can be kept in operation. He finally told the Senate that unless some sort of act gets ■ through on time it would be necessary to pass a concurrent resolution keeping the present law active for 30 days while the lawmakers settle their differences. Pinkney Cross, 75, Dies; Was Retired Fire Captain Pinkney Cross, 75, retired Dis trict Pire Department captain, died Tuesday in his home, 4343 Thirty-ninth street N. W. Decorated and cited for hero ism during a flre-flghting career of 33 years, Capt. Cross retired from the department in 1937. He was awarded a decoration for his work in the collapse of the Knickerbocker Theater on Janu ary 28, 1922, and received com mendation by the Commissioners for the part he played in the Kann’s warehouse fire in Jan uary, 1925. Bom in Washington, Capt. Cross had served with Engine Cp. No. 20 and Truck Cos. No. 3 and No. 1. He was with No. 1 when he retired. He became a lieuten ant in 1914, and a captain in 1924. Surviving are three sons, J. Porter, M. Pinkney and J. Barn ard Cross; two daughters. Miss Kathleen L. Cross, and Mrs. Mary Engebretson; a brother, Hayward Cross, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in the Hines funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth street N. W. Burial will be in Rock Creek Cemetery. 624,000 Insects Known Science has tabulated more than 624,000 species of insects in the world. About 20,000 are known known to exist in the United States. P.J. Nee Company open Thursdays P. J. Nee Co. phone board open all day 9-9. Call EX. 2600 for an appoint ment or just come on m to ony one of our 4 stores. P. J. Nee Company *-— THEATER CEILING FALLS DURING SHOW—Redwood City, Calif.—Scene after an estimated 10 tons of plaster and reinforcing fell from the ceiling of the balcony of the Sequoia movie theater during the last show last night. —AP Wirephoto. _ t 30 Injured as Plaster Falls From Ceiling ol California Theater By th« Aiiociatcd Prtss REDWOOD CITY, Calif., June 22.—Thirty persons were hurt in a freak accident which dumped tons of ornamental plaster on movie-goers in the balcony of the Sequoia Theater here last night. Fifteen were injured enough to need hospitalization, but only one was in serious condition early to day. The others required only first aid. Mrs. Vangie Case, 34, of Red wood City was still unconscious in Palo Alto Hospital several hours after the accident. She either jumped or fell from the upstairs loge seats in front of the balcony. She was not in the area where the plaster fell. Her husband, Dr. Robert Case, a staff member of the Palo Alto Hospital, said her injuries con sisted of a possible concussion, possible internal injuries and a broken 'finger. First report that her legs were broken jn the 30 foot drop to the main floor were not borne out by hospital exam ination. Six other persons were taken to the Palo Alto Hospital and eight to the San Mateo Com munity Hospital. None of the in juries, besides those of Mrs. Case, was considered serious. The accident occurred about 15 minutes before midnight, when most of the patrons had already left. The crash of the ornamental plaster and wire lath reinforcing came suddenly with a roar like thunder and seemingly dropped in a single sheet, said Police Officer William Goldsmith, who was at tending the show at the time. Another policeman, Phil Bray, said the collapse was “Jike an earthquake.” A brief panic among patrons immediately died down. Redwood City Fire Chief Joseph Lodi said the ceiling seemed to have given away in the center and just “peeled off” to the sides. He estimated that about 10 tons of plaster and reinforcing fell. Apparently only two persons heard anything resembling a warning of the crash. Dr. Case said he heard what he thought was a cracking about three to five minutes before the ceiling came down. He looked around, saw nothing and decided he was mis taken, he said. Robert MacGregor, 26, of Palo Alto, who left the theater half an hour before the drop, said he had heard a “cracking and creaking” while he was in the balcony. Nadarivatu, Fiji, recently had 70 inches of rain in two weeks, usable deposits of coal or iron. Milk (Continued From First Page.) are now converting their milk surplus to butter. He said farm ers then sell butter to the Gov ernment under a support price program, which keeps it off the market. The witness was asked by Com mittee Counsel Paul Hadlick, whether prdoucers in his area used steam sterilization. "Back in the ancient days we had steam sterilization but dis carded it in 1928,” Mr. Punder son declared. He added that the steam method was a difficult one and “isn’t always done on hot days regardless of the regulation.” Seckinger Approves Chemicals. District Health Officer Daniel L. Seckinger, has recommended that the chemical sterilization pro vision be adopted. He said today he would put his inspectors to work immediately checking farms In this area using the chemical method to see if they qualify otherwise. Assistant Corporation Counsel Edward A. Beard, advised the city heads there was no legal objec tion to the provision but they would to decide as a matter of policy whether to take the action now in view of the pending pub lic hearing on the subject. Mr. Lynch said the Health De partment would be furnished ad lresses of from 300 to 500 farms set up for chemical sterilization which he said meet the District’s egulations otherwise. Hardship Is Predicted. Mr. Lynch informed the Com nissioners that it would work a substantial hardship on the three iiaries ioi whom he spoke, if the procedure were not permitted, as well as on the milk producers low shipping to them. The Commissioners originally innounced last December they would reimpose the milk ban on fuly 1, The milk producers’ as sociation requested the ban con tending that its members could iupply all of Washington’s needs py mid-1950. None of the 20,000 gallons which will be shut off has been 'urnished by the association, but py some of the 200 independent producers in this area. The 1,700 association members 'urnislf 165,000 gallons daily. I j ADVERTISEMENT. _ADVERTISEMENT. \ THANK YOU! This is to express our appreciation to all our regular and new customers for their co-operation during the milk strike. Without the help of the merchants and our retail customers it would have been impossible for us to have supplied the city of Alexan dria, Arlington, Fairfax, Prince Wil liam and Fauquier Counties with such a large quantity of milk. We would appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve the families and merchants in these areas. ' i .V. We operate in Virginia under Vir * ginia laws and we have never had an interruption in our service. Our milk supply is all produced on Virginia farms and processed in Virginia for s Virginia. Let us supply you with our high quality dairy products. “‘“"■“ijHAM dairy, INC. i Phone 333 Berlin Reds Planning Rally In U. S. Zone Wednesday By the Associated Press BERLIN, June 22.—The Com munist "Committee o f Peace Fighters” said last night it will stage a demonstraion in the American sector of Berlin Wed nesday. A theater near the United States air base at Templehof was named as the Communist rallying point. West Berlin police officials said the committee would be denied a license for the demonstration and all necessary measures would be taken to preserve order. The "Committee of Peace Fighters” was organized by Com munists to collect signatures for the Stockholm resolution to ban atomic bombs. It has been for bidden to circulate the petition in West Berlin but claims 17 mil lion signatures in the Soviet, zone. 17 Arab League Nations Agree to West's Plan To Arm Middle East ■r tiw AnodatMi Prat* CAIRO, Egypt, Jyne 22.—The seven Arab League Nations told tlje United States, Britain sftnd France today that the Western Big Three plan to arm the Middle East against aggression is gener ally satisfactory to them. Western diplomats were openly jubilant over the friendly tone of the joint reply from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Saadi Arabia, Jor dan and Yemen. They had feared the governments might veer toward the line of the isolationist press which has charged the Big Three with interfering with na tional sovereignty. Jordan is bound by the league reply although King Abdullah boycotted the League sessions be cause of the refusal of other Arab states to recognize his annexation of Eastern Palestine. Copies of the reply were sent to the Ambassadors of the Big Three. Their governments had an nounced on May 25 a guarantee of the Middle East's national frontiers against forceful changes and said they would provide Aran nations and Israel with arms to be used only for defense and internal security. Much of the nine-point reply became known before the League adjourned Saturday. The Arab countries crisply noted that they “are not prepared to ad mit any action which might cause prejudice to their sovereignty or independence.” But generally the reply was aimed to put into writ ing the interpretation of the Big Three plan that had been given by Western diplomats. French to Try Peak Eight French mountaineers, led by Alpine veteran Maurice Herzog, are preparing to attempt to climb the 26,800-foot peak of Dhaulagiri, in Nepal. The first French expedi tion, in 1936, reached 23,000 feet. Man, 81, and Wife, 75, Defy Ir** A»sooa**d Pttu DETROIT, June 22.—In the 46 years they've been running their small grocery, Joseph and Herma Barron figure they've had their share of holdups. So they acted quickly yesterday. Joseph's 81st birthday, when two armed thugs demanded the money in the cash register. Herma, 75, Just pushed the gun aside. Its holder fired at her, but the shot went wide. Then he tried again, but the gun Jammed, i The thugs ran off. Police arrived a few minutes later, but Joseph Insisted “it was nothing." “We've'had several upsets in this respect,” he explained. “Perhaps 8 or 10 times they've tried to get us, and they've only gotten money once. We’ve been able to out trick them most times.” BOSTON, June 22 (^.—Driving holdup men from his liquor store empty-handed is becoming a habit i with Arthur D. Bloom. Police said he has carried off i — Gunmen, Save Store Cash all honors In four raids by holdup men in the last five year*. In the latest last night, he cracked a bottle over the knuckles of a gunman, knocking a pistol from the hand of the holdup man who fled without funds. Cuban Busmen Call Off Strike Against Taxis By tfw Auocwtod imt HAVANA. June 22.—Cuban bus operators have called off a nation wide strike set for today, on as surance from President Carlos Prio Socarras that he would solve their bitter dispute with taxicab drivers. The bus operators demand that taxis be banned from picking up fares between cities. The govern ment issued such a decree earlier this year, but never enforced it because of strong protests from the cab drivers. A Sahara desert daytime tem perature of 100 degrees may drop below freesing at night. COUNTRYMAN STATION W Every family's every-day car at a price every family can afford. See Your Authorized Austin Dealer i MANHATTAN AUTO it RADIO CO. 1706 Seventh Street N.W. 1701 Seventh Street N.W. 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